“Mom, Keke, what exactly is my situation? Why are you humiliating me with conditions like this?” Lin Yunchu asked pitifully. “You can’t bear to let Keke marry into such a family, so why must I be the one to marry?”
“Yunchu, what do you mean ‘what situation’? Why must everyone say it again? Who doesn’t know what happened to you last night? Look at your current state… sigh…”
“Mom! Why do you keep telling people outside that I was violated, that I’ve lost my innocence? You didn’t report it, didn’t take me to the hospital, and just casually reached a conclusion. I don’t believe it, so I went to your hospital today and asked a doctor to examine me. After checking me, the doctor said I did not have relations with anyone at all. I am still innocent!”
“If you don’t believe me, look!”
Lin Yunchu took out a medical certificate stamped with the seal of the West Suburban District People’s Hospital of Yue City.
“…”
The surrounding onlookers in the courtyard—Aunt Chen and Aunt Li—immediately lit up their eyes.
If Lin Yunchu had not been violated, then their nephews and sons still had a chance!
Wang Xiujun stared at the red official seal, her mind buzzing. The damned girl actually brought a certificate—and from her own hospital.
She couldn’t even deny it.
After glaring fiercely at Lin Yunchu, she pinched her arm hard and said, “You little wretch, did you steal the hospital seal? How could something like this be faked?”
Feeling the pain, Lin Yunchu slapped Wang Xiujun’s hand away. Her delicate face showed despair and grievance as tears welled up. “Mom, I understand now! You’re afraid I’ll cling to the Si family marriage, so you’re trying to ruin my reputation! I’m clearly innocent, but you insist I’ve been improper with men.”
“Keke is your daughter, but I am also the daughter you raised for eighteen years. How can you treat me like this? I already promised you—I’ll go back to the countryside in a few days. Please, stop slandering me, okay?”
She cried miserably.
So miserably that the hearts of the watching women ached.
At first, they had thought it strange—Wang Xiujun usually held herself in high regard and looked down on them.
But today, she had been chatting with them.
It turned out she was trying to use their mouths and influence to force Lin Yunchu away!
“Dr. Wang, that’s really not very proper of you. Even if Yunchu isn’t your biological daughter, you can’t treat her like this.”
“We watched Yunchu grow up. We know her character well.”
“Yes! Yunchu has always been filial to you. If you don’t want to keep her, you don’t have to slander her like this. There are still good families in town. Let her marry into the city—why force her back to the countryside?”
“…”
Wang Xiujun did not expect that in such a short time, everyone would turn against her.
Even Lin Keke looked at the situation in disbelief. Lin Yunchu actually got a medical examination certificate—she really didn’t sleep with those men last night?
The thought filled her with rising anxiety. If that was true, then what about the Si family marriage… wouldn’t Lin Yunchu still have a chance?
“What do you people know? Lin Yunchu has always had a bad character. She must have sneaked into my hospital, forged my handwriting, deceived my colleagues, and somehow gotten an official seal stamp!”
In a fury, Wang Xiujun dragged Lin Yunchu back home.
“…”
The crowd fell silent.
“Lin Yunchu, do you think you haven’t embarrassed yourself enough? Can you just stay properly at home?” Wang Xiujun said coldly.
“Alright,” Lin Yunchu replied obediently.
“Earlier I saw you getting out of Master Si’s car. What did you talk about with him?”
Wang Xiujun interrogated sharply.
“…,” Lin Yunchu paused slightly, not expecting them to have seen her getting into the Si family patriarch’s car.
“Did you go beg Master Si? Do you still want to marry into the Si family?”
“Yunchu, you can’t behave like this! You’ve already stolen eighteen years of Keke’s life—good food, good clothes, everything. She suffered for eighteen years in your place. Now that she’s back, the only thing we can compensate her with is marriage. I hope you keep your word.”
Hearing Wang Xiujun’s shameless, hypocritical speech, Lin Yunchu clenched her fists so tightly she almost drew blood.
What did she mean she “stole” Lin Keke’s eighteen years?
The thief calling the victim a thief!
“Mom, at your age you should understand a saying: what is yours cannot be taken by others, and what is not yours cannot be kept even if forced. I will not take anything that isn’t mine. Not only will I not steal it—even if you give it to me, I don’t want it!”
Who would even want to be your daughter?
Strictly speaking, the one whose life had been stolen was her.
The book didn’t describe much about her biological parents, but it did mention they were very kind people.
Being with kind people, even if life was a bit hard, so what?
At least she could feel parental love.
Not this cold, calculating, and shamelessly self-righteous attitude from Wang Xiujun.
“…”
Wang Xiujun felt something was off in Lin Yunchu’s words, but couldn’t quite figure it out.
“Don’t worry, I keep my word. I said I’ll leave Yue City in a week, and I will.”
Lin Yunchu had never been easy to control, but Wang Xiujun knew she kept her promises. Still, to fully control her, she added, “Before you leave, handle your job properly. Don’t let good resources go outside the family. You occupy the household registration, but since Keke can’t be arranged a job, transfer your job position to her.”
Let her lose her job. Let her have no place in Yue City, no man wanting her.
Then she would have no choice but to leave. Only then could Keke’s marriage with the Si family proceed smoothly.
“…”
Lin Yunchu was once again stunned by Wang Xiujun’s shamelessness.
After graduating from high school, the original owner wanted to retake exams for university, but Wang Xiujun refused, saying it was useless for a girl to study too much. Instead, she pushed her to find work and marry early.
That job promise dragged on for a year. Seeing no progress, the original owner applied to a textile factory recruitment last year.
A state-owned textile factory job was a “iron rice bowl”—one position for one person. Many parents even voluntarily retired early so their children could take over.
For years, the factory hadn’t recruited anyone. When the announcement finally came out, thousands applied. The competition was as intense as a college entrance exam.
After written tests and interviews, Lin Yunchu fought through and secured the job.
A position she had fought tooth and nail for—now Wang Xiujun casually wanted to hand it over, calling it “keeping good resources within the family.”
How beautifully she thinks!